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Youth mental health startup Somethings launches with a $3.2M raise led by General Catalyst

TechCrunch

When he was 10 years old, Patrick Gilligan’s childhood struggle with food began. I still look back on all the time that I spent as a teen, crushed by stigma and afraid to talk about mental health with my friends and family,” says the Stanford grad. The product itself is fairly straightforward.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. 2015 – Teens As Candid’s grants data approached its teenage years, many changes began to take place. private and community foundations.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US. While you’re at it, read about the IRC’s awesome partnership with Sesame Workshop , BRAC and NYU to develop the largest early childhood intervention program in history with the support of a LEGO Foundation grant!

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy says that now that her daughter has entered her teen years, they segued to more complex themes. " Create a Holiday Tradition of Giving Happy Katie recalls her own childhood traditions of giving, both during the holidays and year round.

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15 Inspiring Nonprofit Annual Reports | With Bonus Template

Whole Whale

Power Poetry Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US. Here at YouthBuild, we believe that every young person has the power to succeed and create a better life for themselves and their families with access to the right resources and support system.

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Best movies by women creators on Netflix

Mashable Tech

Inspired by her mother's Riot Grrrl past, Vivian decides to expose systemic sexism at her high school through the anonymous zine MOXiE!, Always Be My Maybe Credit: Netflix Ali Wong and Randall Park are Sasha and Marcus, childhood best friends in San Francisco who fall out of touch as they grow older. Expect to be moved. *

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National Weather Service warns of ‘life-threatening’ flash flooding in U.S. South and Midwest

Fast Company Tech

They included a Tennessee man and his teen daughter whose home was destroyed, and a man whose pickup struck downed power lines in Indiana. The potent storm system will bring “significant, life-threatening flash flooding” each day, the National Weather Service said. “He was in shock last night, cried himself to sleep.”

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